US5634696A - Railway brake pipe bracket with access ports - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
- B60T15/00—Construction arrangement, or operation of valves incorporated in power brake systems and not covered by groups B60T11/00 or B60T13/00
- B60T15/02—Application and release valves
- B60T15/36—Other control devices or valves characterised by definite functions
- B60T15/42—Other control devices or valves characterised by definite functions with a quick braking action, i.e. with accelerating valves actuated by brake-pipe pressure variation
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
- B60T17/00—Component parts, details, or accessories of power brake systems not covered by groups B60T8/00, B60T13/00 or B60T15/00, or presenting other characteristic features
- B60T17/04—Arrangements of piping, valves in the piping, e.g. cut-off valves, couplings or air hoses
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
- B60T17/00—Component parts, details, or accessories of power brake systems not covered by groups B60T8/00, B60T13/00 or B60T15/00, or presenting other characteristic features
- B60T17/04—Arrangements of piping, valves in the piping, e.g. cut-off valves, couplings or air hoses
- B60T17/043—Brake line couplings, air hoses and stopcocks
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60T—VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
- B60T17/00—Component parts, details, or accessories of power brake systems not covered by groups B60T8/00, B60T13/00 or B60T15/00, or presenting other characteristic features
- B60T17/18—Safety devices; Monitoring
- B60T17/22—Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices
- B60T17/228—Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices for railway vehicles
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16L39/00—Joints or fittings for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies
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Priority Applications (7)
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US08/547,929 US5634696A (en) | 1994-09-15 | 1995-10-25 | Railway brake pipe bracket with access ports |
CA 2181977 CA2181977C (en) | 1995-10-25 | 1996-07-24 | Railway brake pipe bracket with access ports |
ZA966437A ZA966437B (en) | 1995-10-25 | 1996-07-29 | Railway brake pipe bracket with access ports |
AU64308/96A AU707561B2 (en) | 1995-10-25 | 1996-08-27 | Railway brake pipe bracket with access ports |
BR9603780A BR9603780A (en) | 1995-10-25 | 1996-09-17 | Tube retaining portion for cargo wagon brake control valve |
TR96/00793A TR199600793A2 (en) | 1995-10-25 | 1996-10-03 | Rail brake pipe support with entry way. |
ARP960104849A AR004068A1 (en) | 1995-10-25 | 1996-10-22 | RAIL BRAKE CANO BRACKET WITH ACCESS HOLES |
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US08306790 US5480218C1 (en) | 1994-09-15 | 1994-09-15 | Railway brake pipe bracket with access ports |
US08/396,815 US5509727A (en) | 1994-09-15 | 1995-03-02 | Ralway automatic brake control valve test unit |
US08/547,929 US5634696A (en) | 1994-09-15 | 1995-10-25 | Railway brake pipe bracket with access ports |
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US08306790 Continuation-In-Part US5480218C1 (en) | 1994-09-15 | 1994-09-15 | Railway brake pipe bracket with access ports |
US08/396,815 Continuation-In-Part US5509727A (en) | 1994-09-15 | 1995-03-02 | Ralway automatic brake control valve test unit |
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Cited By (10)
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US5709436A (en) * | 1996-12-17 | 1998-01-20 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Arrangement for connecting a test device to a railroad car brake control valve device |
WO2002022420A2 (en) * | 2000-09-15 | 2002-03-21 | Ge Harris Railway Electronics, Llc | Methods and system for passing signals through a pipe bracket |
US7717937B2 (en) | 2001-06-01 | 2010-05-18 | St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | Closure devices, related delivery methods and tools, and related methods of use |
US8372112B2 (en) | 2003-04-11 | 2013-02-12 | St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | Closure devices, related delivery methods, and related methods of use |
US20140049037A1 (en) * | 2012-08-13 | 2014-02-20 | Wabtec Holding Corp. | ECP/Triple Valve Transition Plate |
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US10214195B1 (en) | 2017-08-30 | 2019-02-26 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | Automatic brake control valve test unit for railway vehicle |
US10543827B2 (en) | 2017-08-30 | 2020-01-28 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | System for accessing integral pressures of brake control valve |
US20200189551A1 (en) * | 2018-12-17 | 2020-06-18 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | Bracket for a distibutor valve |
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US1309787A (en) * | 1919-07-15 | Brake | ||
US2087623A (en) * | 1935-11-23 | 1937-07-20 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Fluid pressure brake |
US2464977A (en) * | 1947-11-13 | 1949-03-22 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Fluid pressure brake apparatus |
US2802701A (en) * | 1955-02-08 | 1957-08-13 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Fluid pressure brake apparatus |
US3022117A (en) * | 1960-01-20 | 1962-02-20 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Brake control apparatus with quick service means |
US3160446A (en) * | 1961-10-30 | 1964-12-08 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Railway brake control valve device |
US3716276A (en) * | 1971-10-27 | 1973-02-13 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Quick service valve device |
US3734575A (en) * | 1970-06-09 | 1973-05-22 | Westinghouse Brake & Signal | Fluid pessure operable brake control valves |
US3944264A (en) * | 1975-01-06 | 1976-03-16 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Pipe bracket |
US4033632A (en) * | 1976-10-21 | 1977-07-05 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Control valve device with change-over means for direct or graduated release operation |
US4171559A (en) * | 1976-10-21 | 1979-10-23 | Stratoflex, Inc. | Method of making connections in pneumatic and hydraulic systems and testing such systems |
US4188071A (en) * | 1978-06-19 | 1980-02-12 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Railway vehicle brake apparatus arranged to accommodate reduced emergency reservoir volume |
DE3011226A1 (en) * | 1980-03-22 | 1981-10-01 | Pohle + Rehling Gmbh, 4353 Oer-Erkenschwick | Multiple hydraulic hose plug connector - has male portions held in housing to allow radial free movement |
US4611831A (en) * | 1984-06-14 | 1986-09-16 | S.A. Des Etablissements Staubli | Connection device for simultaneously connecting a series of circuits |
US4726628A (en) * | 1986-11-28 | 1988-02-23 | General Signal Corporation | Protection valve device for spring parking brake systems |
US4770472A (en) * | 1987-03-18 | 1988-09-13 | American Standard Inc. | Freight brake control valve having an emergency piston slide valve arranged to provide an accelerated brake application function |
US4830438A (en) * | 1988-08-17 | 1989-05-16 | American Standard Inc. | Freight brake emergency valve |
US5297820A (en) * | 1991-11-19 | 1994-03-29 | Kreuzer Gmbh & Co. Ohg | Line coupling system |
US5451099A (en) * | 1994-12-28 | 1995-09-19 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Railway brake pipe bracket access plate |
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US1309787A (en) * | 1919-07-15 | Brake | ||
US2087623A (en) * | 1935-11-23 | 1937-07-20 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Fluid pressure brake |
US2464977A (en) * | 1947-11-13 | 1949-03-22 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Fluid pressure brake apparatus |
US2802701A (en) * | 1955-02-08 | 1957-08-13 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Fluid pressure brake apparatus |
US3022117A (en) * | 1960-01-20 | 1962-02-20 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Brake control apparatus with quick service means |
US3160446A (en) * | 1961-10-30 | 1964-12-08 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Railway brake control valve device |
US3734575A (en) * | 1970-06-09 | 1973-05-22 | Westinghouse Brake & Signal | Fluid pessure operable brake control valves |
US3716276A (en) * | 1971-10-27 | 1973-02-13 | Westinghouse Air Brake Co | Quick service valve device |
US3944264A (en) * | 1975-01-06 | 1976-03-16 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Pipe bracket |
US4033632A (en) * | 1976-10-21 | 1977-07-05 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Control valve device with change-over means for direct or graduated release operation |
US4171559A (en) * | 1976-10-21 | 1979-10-23 | Stratoflex, Inc. | Method of making connections in pneumatic and hydraulic systems and testing such systems |
US4188071A (en) * | 1978-06-19 | 1980-02-12 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Railway vehicle brake apparatus arranged to accommodate reduced emergency reservoir volume |
DE3011226A1 (en) * | 1980-03-22 | 1981-10-01 | Pohle + Rehling Gmbh, 4353 Oer-Erkenschwick | Multiple hydraulic hose plug connector - has male portions held in housing to allow radial free movement |
US4611831A (en) * | 1984-06-14 | 1986-09-16 | S.A. Des Etablissements Staubli | Connection device for simultaneously connecting a series of circuits |
US4726628A (en) * | 1986-11-28 | 1988-02-23 | General Signal Corporation | Protection valve device for spring parking brake systems |
US4770472A (en) * | 1987-03-18 | 1988-09-13 | American Standard Inc. | Freight brake control valve having an emergency piston slide valve arranged to provide an accelerated brake application function |
US4830438A (en) * | 1988-08-17 | 1989-05-16 | American Standard Inc. | Freight brake emergency valve |
US5297820A (en) * | 1991-11-19 | 1994-03-29 | Kreuzer Gmbh & Co. Ohg | Line coupling system |
US5451099A (en) * | 1994-12-28 | 1995-09-19 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Railway brake pipe bracket access plate |
Non-Patent Citations (9)
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"Code of Air Brake System Tests for Freight Equipment", Association of American Railroads, Nov. 1992. |
A paper entitled "The Third Generation Brake Cylinder Release Valve", presented at the annual meeting of the Air Brake Association, Oct. 1963 by H.N. Sudduth of the New York Air Brake Company of Watertown, NY, cover and pp. 1-11. |
A paper entitled The Third Generation Brake Cylinder Release Valve , presented at the annual meeting of the Air Brake Association, Oct. 1963 by H.N. Sudduth of the New York Air Brake Company of Watertown, NY, cover and pp. 1 11. * |
Booklet 5062 19 entitled AB Single Capacity Freight Car Air Brake Equipment with the ADBX Type control Valves published Aug. 1991 by Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Wilmerding, PA. * |
Booklet 5062 entitled "The AB Freight Car Air Brake Equipment with the AB Control Valve", issued Dec. 1975 by the Westinghouse Air Brake Division of American Standard Inc., Wilmerding, PA. |
Booklet 5062 entitled The AB Freight Car Air Brake Equipment with the AB Control Valve , issued Dec. 1975 by the Westinghouse Air Brake Division of American Standard Inc., Wilmerding, PA. * |
Booklet 5062-19 entitled "AB Single Capacity Freight Car Air Brake Equipment with the ADBX Type control Valves" published Aug. 1991 by Westinghouse Air Brake Company, Wilmerding, PA. |
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P.p. 27, 29, 30, 31 and 23 of AAR specification 2518 published by American Association of Railroads, Washington, D.C., date unknown but acknowledged to be prior art to the present application. * |
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EP0849135A2 (en) | 1996-12-17 | 1998-06-24 | Westinghouse Air Brake Company | Arrangement for connecting a test device to a railroad car brake control valve device |
WO2002022420A2 (en) * | 2000-09-15 | 2002-03-21 | Ge Harris Railway Electronics, Llc | Methods and system for passing signals through a pipe bracket |
WO2002022420A3 (en) * | 2000-09-15 | 2002-06-13 | Ge Harris Railway Electronics | Methods and system for passing signals through a pipe bracket |
US7717937B2 (en) | 2001-06-01 | 2010-05-18 | St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | Closure devices, related delivery methods and tools, and related methods of use |
US8372112B2 (en) | 2003-04-11 | 2013-02-12 | St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | Closure devices, related delivery methods, and related methods of use |
CN104066631A (en) * | 2011-09-06 | 2014-09-24 | 克诺尔-布里姆斯轨道车辆系统有限公司 | Control valve seals and control valves comprising a control valve seal |
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US20140049037A1 (en) * | 2012-08-13 | 2014-02-20 | Wabtec Holding Corp. | ECP/Triple Valve Transition Plate |
US9481350B2 (en) * | 2012-08-13 | 2016-11-01 | Wabtec Holding Corp. | ECP/triple valve transition plate |
WO2015034540A1 (en) * | 2013-09-05 | 2015-03-12 | New York Air Brake Llc | Differential relay type brake cylinder maintaining valve |
US9321446B2 (en) | 2013-09-05 | 2016-04-26 | New York Air Brake Corporation | Differential relay type brake cylinder maintaining valve |
CN105579309A (en) * | 2013-09-05 | 2016-05-11 | 纽约气闸有限公司 | Differential relay type brake cylinder maintaining valve |
CN105579309B (en) * | 2013-09-05 | 2018-02-02 | 纽约气闸有限公司 | Differential type servo type checking cylinder keeps valve |
US10214195B1 (en) | 2017-08-30 | 2019-02-26 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | Automatic brake control valve test unit for railway vehicle |
US10543827B2 (en) | 2017-08-30 | 2020-01-28 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | System for accessing integral pressures of brake control valve |
US20200189551A1 (en) * | 2018-12-17 | 2020-06-18 | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation | Bracket for a distibutor valve |
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AS | Assignment |
Owner name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY, PENNSYLVANIA Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:HART, JAMES E.;SICH, GARY M.;JOHNSTON, GREGORY L.;REEL/FRAME:007769/0157 Effective date: 19960102 |
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Owner name: CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, THE, NEW YORK Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY;REEL/FRAME:009423/0239 Effective date: 19980630 |
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Owner name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, P Free format text: CHANGE OF NAME;ASSIGNOR:WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY;REEL/FRAME:010628/0840 Effective date: 19991223 |
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Year of fee payment: 4 |
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Owner name: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY, PENNSYLVANIA Free format text: TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDAL STARTING AT REEL/FRAME 9423/0239.;ASSIGNOR:CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT, THE;REEL/FRAME:012280/0283 Effective date: 20010501 |
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